Convertible furniture



Feb. 28, 1939. J JANES 2,149,120

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE Filed Dec 1'7, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l E T n nINVENTOR ATTOR N EY Feb. 28, 1939.

J. JANES 2,149,120

CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE Filed Dec. 17, 1936 2 SheetsSheet 2 9 6 4 z v 5 r3 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

The invention relates to an improvement in convertible furniture, andpertains to a counter, bar or the like which is equipped with a seriesof stools in front of it.

The invention is based upon the thought of changing, or converting theroom, or enclosure, in which the counter or bar is contained, into adining room equipped with tables and incidental accessories for such aroom.

The invention resides essentially in the idea that the stool posts, onwhich the stool seats are mounted, may form the immediate instrument bywhich the conversion above referred to may be obtained, the postsassisting not only in the support of the tables, but also providing hatand garment racks alongside the tables, and assisting, if need be, inthe concealment of the counter or bar.

The means by which the conversion is obtained can best be seen byreference to the drawings, in which Fig. l is a front elevation of acounter or bar as it normally appears equipped with stools.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation, the same as Fig. 1 excepting that tableswith adjacent chairs are shown in the place of stools, with the posts ofcertain of the stools assisting in the support of the tables.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the tables.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the counter or bar with tablessubstantially as shown in Fig. 2, and which a rack is provided adjacentthe tables for holding hats and garments, and the counter or bar, or topthereof, is shown concealed by a screen, certain of the stool postsforming base supports for the hat and garment rack and screen.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 shows partly in side elevation and partly in section a detail ofconstruction.

Referring to the drawings: I represents the counter or bar. 2 representsthe stools in front of counter or bar. These stools are generally placedequidistant apart, each comprising a post, or standard 3, fastened tothe floor, and a seat 4 mounted upon the post by a pin, or stud 5, onthe under side of the seat entering a socket 6 in the top of the postand removable from it simply by lifting the seat off the end of thepost.

After removing the seats from their posts adjacent sets of posts may beutilized to assist in the support of tables. I represents one of thetables. The front end of the table is provided with a leg 8, preferablya folding leg, as shown. Adjacent its inner or rear end the table isprovided on its under side with a set of studs 9. The rear end of thetable is brought to bear onto the tops of the adjacent posts with thestuds entering the sockets 6 in them. Thus arranged the posts will formthe rear legs of the table and these coupled with the fore leg 8 willsupport the table.

In order that chairs 10 may be placed on either side of the table thetables are mounted on sets of posts spaced to leave an intermediate postbetween them. This intermediate post provides a base support for otherconvertible features An upright ll fitted at its lower end with a studl2 fits within the socket 6 in the intermediate post so that the uprightis maintained fixedly in place in upright continuation of the post. The

top end of the upright bears the racks l3 for sup- 1 porting hats andgarments.

It may be desirable to conceal the counter or bar, and to this end theuprights H mounted on the intermediate posts, or those posts which liebetween the tables, act as supports for a screen H! which conceals thecounter or bar. screen preferably consists of a series of panels l5arranged with overlapping ends. The panels are borne by brackets IE onthe uprights ll. Each of the brackets is provided with a channeledfixture l8. These fixtures are oppositely arranged for the respectivebrackets and provide ways l9, 2!], respectively, for receiving thepanels which form the screen, one set of panels being located in thechannels H! in one plane, and the other panels being located in thechannels 20 in another plane. The panels are of such length that when inplace supported by the brackets in the respective channels their endswill lap by one another so as to make a continuous screen.

I claim:

1. The combination comprising a series of spaced posts normally bearingremovable seats, tables supported in part by certain ones of said posts,means for removably securing the tables to said certain ones of theposts after removal of the seats therefrom whereby the posts will formleg support for the tables at one end thereof, and means providing legsupport for the other ends of the tables.

2. The combination comprising a series of spaced posts normally bearingseats, each of said posts having a socket in the top thereof withinwhich the seat borne by the post is removably socketed, tables supportedin part by said posts after removal of the seats therefrom, studsaffixed to said tables for removably securing the tables to the posts bythe studs fitting within the sockets in the tops thereof whereby theposts will form leg support for the tables at one end thereof, and meansproviding leg support for the other ends of the tables.

JOSEPH JANES.

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